Joe Biden to award Presidential Citizens Medal on second anniversary of Jan 6 Capitol riot

President will host a ceremony on the White House on Friday (January 6) the place he’ll ship remarks and award the Presidential Citizens Medal to people who made exemplary contributions.

By Press Trust of India: US President Joe Biden will current the Presidential Citizens Medal on Friday to people who made exemplary contributions to American democracy surrounding January 6, 2021, the White House stated right here on Thursday.

To mark two years because the revolt on the Capitol, the President will host a ceremony on the White House on Friday (January 6) the place he’ll ship remarks and award the Presidential Citizens Medal to people who made exemplary contributions to our democracy surrounding January 6, 2021, a White House official stated.

“These 12 heroes demonstrated braveness and selflessness throughout a second of peril for our nation. They embrace Capitol Police, Metropolitan Police, election staff, and officers on the state and native stage,” stated the official.

The Presidential Citizens Medal is awarded to people who’ve “performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens”. It is without doubt one of the nation’s highest civilian honours.

According to the White House official, this would be the first time Biden has awarded the Citizens Medal.

Among the awardees is Jocelyn Benson, who served because the Secretary of State of Michigan in the course of the 2020 election and confronted strain from these in search of to overturn the election outcomes, together with armed protesters exterior her dwelling. Benson acquired the 2022 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.

Another awardee Rusty Bowers served because the Arizona House Speaker in the course of the 2020 election, resisting strain from these in search of to overturn the election outcomes.

He acquired the 2022 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award.

Harry Dunn is a Capitol Police Officer who defended the Capitol on January 6, going through racial slurs and harassment from rioters. Dunn has served within the Capitol Police pressure for practically fifteen years.

Caroline Edwards was the primary regulation enforcement officer injured by rioters on January 6. Even after struggling a traumatic mind harm, officer Edwards labored to stop rioters from coming into the Capitol constructing. Officer Edwards has served in regulation enforcement for practically six years.

Michael Fanone served as a Metropolitan Police Department Officer and defended the Capitol on January 6, struggling accidents in the course of the assault.

After the assault, he resigned from the Metropolitan Police Department, having served for 20 years after becoming a member of within the wake of September 11.

Ruby Freeman served as an election employee in Fulton County, Georgia, in the course of the 2020 election. Freeman labored to make sure that the folks of Georgia may vote freely and pretty, and, for merely doing her job, was compelled to face up to efforts to overturn the election that focused and threatened her and her household.

Aquilino Gonell served as a Capitol Police Sergeant and defended the Capitol on January 6, struggling accidents in the course of the assault. Sergeant Gonell is an emigrant from the Dominican Republic and a US Army veteran who served in Iraq.

Eugene Goodman is a Capitol Police officer who defended the Capitol on January 6. He is credited with diverting rioters from the ground of the Senate whereas members had been nonetheless evacuating.

Officer Goodman is a US Army veteran and, from January 20, 2021, to March 2, 2021, served as Acting Deputy Sergeant at Arms of the US Senate.

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Jan 5, 2023